Scream 7(2026)
2026 · Kevin Williamson · 114 min
When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.
Horror · Mystery · Crime
6.21.2k votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Scream 7 scares
It opens with a tense, isolated confrontation before widening into a whodunit that keeps circling back to a returning cast of characters and old wounds. The scares come in bursts of chasing and stabbing, mixed with knowing jokes about horror movies themselves, so the mood swings between real tension and playful self-awareness. The threat is just a person in a mask, not anything supernatural, and the fear is mostly about being physically hunted rather than anything that gets deep in your head. It's the kind of horror that's meant to be fun with a crowd, not something that leaves you shaken afterward.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Scream 7 rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 95 of 100 — leans Real-world
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 30 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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An unreleased sequel that likely follows the franchise's familiar rhythm of a shocking opening jolt, a lull of teen drama and whodunit teasing, then a string of escalating scares building to a frantic, bloody finale.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 2, 3, 4, 5.
How scary is Scream 7?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Scream 7 rates 3/5 — solidly scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be moderately gory and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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